St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-15

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Coliery, at Ashland, Pa, gave way, bring
ing with it a large quantity of gas. frede'
lex Ostrich, fire boss, aged forty years; John
Cochran, aged thirty-three John Mcdonald,
aged twenty; John Gulliam, aged seventeen.
and Park rully aged fourteen perished by
suffocation. Thirteen others were rendered
insensible, but at last accounts all were
doing well. The collery is owned by the
Re aiding Company.
A cavern has occurred at No. : lit or NO.
2 shaft of the Susqlrhanna Coal Company
at Nanticoke Pa The accident is similar to
! that which, in December, 1885. killed twenty
six miners. A flood of sand from an upper
working poured into and filled the man
! gangway. Fortunately the 200 men who
had been at work on night shift had just left
the mine.
The English kitchen,' cheap lodging
| house in Detroit, has been burned. Two
men perished III the building and third
was rescued in such a condition that his re-
, coyery is doubtful
! An express train on the Columbus end
! Cincinnati Midland railroad ran into q
! buggy at station near Columbus, O., kill
ing two aged ladies, Mrs. Susan Bell and her
| sister-in-law, Mrs. Z. W. Henderson, the lat
ter resident of Salem, la.
! The seventh anniversary of the elevation
! OF Archbishop Corrigan to the archiepiscopal
| see of Petra IN partib,ts IN tdeliunl, and his
| transfer to New York as the coadjutor of
! Cardinal McCloskey, has been celebrated in
| the Cathedral at New York, according to the
! Roman ritual.
The monument committee of the Irish
Brigade Association met in New York and
adopted the design of Mr.. J. Power for the
proposed monument to the brigade on the
Gettysburg battlefield. The monument
will consist Of a granite base six feet high,
! surmounted by Celtic cross Of bronze.
As result of the prohibition agitation,
and the close vote at the recent election, the
salOon-keepers of Chattanooga, Tenn, have
taken voluntary pledge to refrain from
doing business on Sunday, and have invited
the authorities to aid them in carrying out
the provisions of the law. Nota saloon was
open in the city on the first Sunday.
A National Democratic Association" de-
voted to the teachings of democracy in its
simplicity and purity, the perpetuation of
our present form of government and the pro-
lection of our institutions, has been formed
In Washington. 1t is composed almost ex-
clusively of government clerks. A commit
tee was appointed to draft constitution,
and among the members are First Assistant
Postmaster General Stevenson, Deputy Com
missioner of Pensions Mclean, Deputy
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Hender-
son, Register of the Treasury Rosecrans,
Acting Chief Clerk of the Interior Depart
ment Jonas, Chief Clerk of the Patent Office
Lipscomb, and others of equal official prom
inence.
Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker, of City Temple,
London, who is to pronounce eulogy on
Henry Ward Beecher in the Brooklyn
Academy ofMusic has preached in Plymouth
Church, in the pulpit occupied By his de-
ceased friend for forty years. DR.. Parker's
text was Not here, but risen" The sermon,
delivered without manuscript was largely
memorial discourse, frequent references be-
ing made to the dead pastor. While he was
in the pulpit DR.. Parker received kilograms
from his people in London, sending their
good wishes. The church was crowded to
overfowing. DR.. Parker's oratory is de-
scribed as simple and unaffected, and max
ing favorable impression on his hearers.
In the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church, in Washington, D. c., recently,
Rev. John P. Newman, in sermon, referred
to the Chicago Anarchists. ''Could any
American citizen" he said, "ten years ago
have imagined the circulation of petition
to pardon those whose hands were red with
the blood of the defenders of the public peace
and safety2 What is back of this Anarchy,
this daredevil movement on the part of
these villains who ought to have been hanged |
long ago?" At this point many of the au-
dience rose to their feet, clapped their hands,
and with loud demonstrations announced |
their approval of the minister's words.
Ex-Governor H. Holley, of Connecticut, |
has died at his residence in Lake View, of |
typhoid fever. He was eighty-three years
old.
William Russell Sever, said to have been |
the Oldest graduate of Harvard College, has
died at Plymouth, Mass. His father grand
father and reat-grandfather were all gradu-
ates of Harvard.
The opening of the regular term of the
1oWa-Couuty, WIS, ClTCulC COuTC occurred
recently at Doigeville. Among the passen-
gers on the train bound for that point was
Judge Clementson and number of attor-
neys, two of the latter for the purpose of
arguing a motion that had been postponed.
The accommodating judge listened to the ar
guments of the counsel on the train, and
before Montfort was reached had given his
decision. The lawyers were thus enabled to
return home without going to Dodgeville.
The miners in the Springfield district of
Illinois continue on strike for an advance of
wages to 673 cents per ton. They have been
receiving IS cents. Over 500 men are out
The miners at Petersburg and Riverton are
also on strike. Organizers have gone to the
southern part of the State to bring on a
strike there if the Columbus scale is not
granted, and they expect to make the stop
page of work general. The miners claim
hat the wages do not afford them support
ior themselves and families, and that the
operators are selling coal to the railroads
and other large consumers at ruinous prices
md cutting wages to the verge of starvation
% make up the losses.
A dispatch from Benton Harbor, Mich,
ays large iron ore schooner, supposed to be